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RIGHT NOW AT NOON - LIVE PICTURES OF THAT CARNIVAL CRUSIE SHIP THAT IS STUCK IN THE GULF.

IT'S MOVING CLOSER TO A U.S. PORT IN ALABAMA.

A CAPE CORAL MAN IS WAITING PATIENTLY FOR HIS FIANCE TO RETURN.

THE LATEST STRAIGHT AHEAD IN A LIVE REPORT.

PLUS.

AN OLYMPIAN, AND DOUBLE AMPUTEE - NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER.

NBC2 HAS NEW DETAILS IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS SUPERMODEL GIRLFRIEND.

AND, NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AT NOON ABOUT A STORY WE REPORTED LAST WEEK. AN EXCAPED PRISONER STABS A MIAMI OFFICER AND FLEES.

THE VIDEO YOU HAVE TO SEE.

HL1) CRUISE SHIP-TRX LIVE SAT 3

HL2) PISTORIUS SHOOTING-TRX VOTOPS

HL3) INMATE ESCAPE-TRX VOTOPS

OPEN-CLIP

RADAR TOPS-RADAR TOPS

MANY OF US WOKE TO RAIN AND CLOUDS - NOT SO LOVELY ON VALENTINE'S DAY - HOWEVER, WE DEFINITELY COULD USE THE RAIN!

WE ARE ALSO MONITORING COOLER TEMPUTERS ON THE WAY.

METEOROLOGIST JIM REIF JOINS US WITH YOU R FIRST ALERT FORECAST.

FIRST WEATHER-ANIBOX

BREAKING-CLIP

HAGEL FILLABUSTER-ONCAM

NBC2 IS FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WASHINGTON.

THE SENATE'S TOP DEMOCRAT - MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID, SAYS REPUBLICANS ARE MOUNTING A FULL-SCALE FILIBUSTER OF CHUCK HAGEL'S NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN A FILIBUSTER OF A SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY.

REID FILED A MOTION YESTERDAY TO LIMIT DEBATE AND FORCE A VOTE ON HAGEL'S NOMINATION, EXPECTED TOMORROW.

DEMOCRATS NEED THE BACKING OF FIVE REPUBLICANS TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR AN UP-OR-DOWN VOTE.

CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP SETUP-TRX VOTOPS SAT 3

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. OFFICIALS WITH THE CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE SAY THE STRANDED SHIP WILL NOT REACH PORT UNTIL LATER TONIGHT.

LIVE PICTURES FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA WHERE THE MASSIVE SHIP WILL BE TOWED-IN.

WE KNOW THAT MORE THAN 3-THOUSAND PASSENGERS ARE IN DISMAL CONDITIONS -- WITH LITTLE FOOD. NO ELECTRICITY. OR WORKING RESTROOMS.

A THIRD TUGBOAT ADDED TO THE EFFORT LAST NIGHT IS ADDING LITTLE HELP IN THE LONG TRIP BACK TO SHORE.

THIS ALL STARTED WITH A FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM SUNDAY -- THE SHIP HAS BEEN PARYLIZED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO EVER SINCE.

AND NEW RIGHT NOW AT NOON.

NEW CARNIVAL SOT-SOTTOPS

CAPE FAMILY WAITS FOR CRUISE RETURN-TRX SS DBX

RIGHT NOW -- THE SITUATION HITS CLOSE TO HOME.

A CAPE CORAL FAMILY WAITING FOR A LOVED ONE WHO IS ON THAT SHIP RIGHT NOW.

DEE TUCKER, WHO IS A NURSE AT LEE MEMORIAL IS STUCK ON THE SHIP, VERY ANXIOUS TO GET HOME.

NBC-2'S CLIFTON FRENCH IS FOLLOWING THAT ANGLE FOR US.

CAPE FAMILY WAITS FOR CRUISE RETURN-REM

LIVE:

JOE ECKERT HASN'T SPOKEN TO HIS FIANCE SINCE MONDAY.

HE WAS HOPING TO HAVE HER SAFE AND SOUND AT HOME FOR VALENTINES DAY.

CAPE FAMILY WAITS FOR CRUISE RETURN-PKG

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Joe Eckert, Fiancé is on Ship "It's very tough. She's the light of my life and to have her gone and out of contact on the ship from hell is really nerve racking."

IT'S NOT EASY. BUT ALL JOE ECKERT CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS WAIT.

HIS FIANCE DEE TUCKER LEFT FOR A CRUISE ON THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH LAST WEEK.

AN ENGINE FIRE ON SUNDAY PARALYZED THE SHIP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

JOE WAS SUPPOSED TO PICK HIS FIANCE UP AT THE AIRPORT ON TUESDAY.

BUT TODAY. THE SHIP IS STILL OUT TO SEA.

AND LOVED ONES HAVE NO COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE ON BOARD, JOE HAS ONLY BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO HIS FIANCE ONCE

"That was on Monday."

SINCE THEN CONDITIONS ON BOARD HAVE GOTTEN WORSE.

THERE'S A LACK OF FOOD, LITTLE RUNNING WATER, NO AIR-CONDITIONING AND LESS THAN 2-DOZEN WORKING TOILETS FOR ABOUT 4-THOUSAND PEOPLE.

"My mind runs wild about where is she sleeping, is she eating, are other passengers being mean because they're at their wits end, is she getting sick from all of the fecal matter that's laying all over the place."

BUT WITH THE BOAT GETTING CLOSER TO PORT. JOE SAYS THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

CAPE FAMILY WAITS FOR CRUISE RETURN-REM

LIVE TAG:

ONCE THE PASSENGERS LAND, THEY WILL BE BUSSED TWO HOURS TO NEW ORLEANS.

JOE ISN'T SURE WHAT EXACTLY THE PLANS ARE TO GET HIS FINACE HOME.

HE'S BEEN GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM CARNIVAL EVERYDAY WITH UPDATES, HE'S HOPING TO GET ANOTHER UPDATE LATER TODAY.

MEDSTAR UPDATE-TRX VO

NBC2 HAS FOUND OUT - PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY COULD KNOW TUESDAY WHAT COMPANY WILL REPLACE MEDSTAR.

THE EMERGENCY HELICOPTER MEDICAL SERVICE WAS GROUNDED IN AUGUST,

AFTERWARD - AN NBC2 INVESTIGATION REVEALED MORE THAN 3 MILLION DOLLARS IN IMPROPER BILLING.

FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS A SPECIAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN REVIEWING PERMANENT OPTIONS.

THEY'RE RECOMMENDING "AIR METHODS CORPORATION" AS THE FIRST CHOICE.

THAT COMPANY IS WILLING TO RELOCATE TO PAGE FIELD AND OFFERS THE LOWEST OPERATING COSTS.

AMERICAN AIRLINES MERGER-TRX ONCAM

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW --

EXECUTIVES WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES AND US AIRWAYS MAKE IT OFFICIAL.

WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, THEY ANNOUNCED THE TWO WILL MERGE TO CREATE THE **WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRLINE.

NBC-2'S KRISTA FOGELSONG JOINS US IN THE STUDIO WITH WHAT IT MEANS FOR PASSENGERS.

AMERICAN AIRLINES MERGER-PLASMA

GOOD AFTERNOON HEATHER.

THE POTENTIAL IMPACT MARKET RESEARCHERS ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS WHAT THE MERGER COULD DO TO TICKET PRICES, NO MATTER WHO YOU FLY WITH.

AMERICAN AIRLINES MERGER-(3)cgrv

AS FAR AS PEOPLE WHO FLY WITH AMERICAN OR U-S AIRWAYS.

FREQUENT FLIER MILES WILL LIKELY COMBINE.

THAT WOULD BUMP MORE TRAVELERS UP TO ELITE STATUS.

IT MAY ALSO BE EASIER TO GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

AMERICAN WILL EXPAND ON THE EAST COAST. ADDING U-S AIRWAYS WILL ADD MORE ROUTES TO EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA.

THE NEW AIRLINE WILL HAVE MORE THAN 3-THOUSAND FLIGHTS. 900 PLANES. AND 95-THOUSAND EMPLOYEES.

THE BOARDS OF EACH COMPANY APPROVED THE MERGER THIS MORNING.

THE NEW AIRLINE WILL BE NAMED AMERICAN.

IT WILL HAVE A NEW LOGO.

U-S AIRWAY'S C-E-O WILL KEEP HIS TITLE.

AMERICAN AIRLINES MERGER-PLASMA

THE DEAL IS WORTH ABOUT 11-BILLION DOLLARS.

EXECUTIVES SAY THE TRANSITION COULD TAKE ABOUT A YEAR.

OSCAR PISTORIUS SHOOTING-TRX TRAFFIC

DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW. NEW INFORMATION CROSSING THE WIRES IN THE LAST HOUR ABOUT THE OLYMPIC SPRINTER IN SOUTH AFRICA CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND.

OSCAR PISTORIUS WILL BE BACK IN COURT TOMORROW MONRING.

REEVA STEENKAMP WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME OVERNIGHT.

SHE WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES. THIS AFTERNOON, WE ARE HEARING HE MAY HAVE THOUGHT SHE WAS AN INTRUDER.

OSCAR PISTORIUS SHOOTING-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED INSIDE THE UPSCALE PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA HOME OF OLYMPIAN OSCAR PISTORIUS -- ACCORDING TO POLICE.

THEY SAY HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER-- AND THAT HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP, WERE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. IN KEEPING WITH SOUTH AFRICAN LAW, PISTORIUS WILL BE NAMED OFFICIALLY AS THE SUSPECT WHEN HE MAKES A COURT APPEARANCE.

PISTORIUS ROSE TO FAME DURING THE LONDON OLYMPICS LAST YEAR. HE BECAME THE FIRST DOUBLE AMPUTEE TO RUN IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

ALTHOUGH PISTORIUS FAILED TO WIN A MEDAL, HIS SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO COMPETE IN THE GAMES MADE HIM A ROLE MODEL ACROSS THE GLOBE -- EARNING HIM THE MONIKER "BLADE RUNNER".

HE WAS BORN WITH A CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY AND LOST BOTH HIS LEGS BEFORE HE WAS A YEAR OLD.

THE 26-YEAR-OLD ATHLETE HAD BEEN DATING MODEL, REEVA STEENKAMP.

HERE'S WHAT SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SAID TODAY.

At this stage we can confirm that a young woman, age 30, did die at the scene of gunshot wounds. A 26-year-old man has been arrested and has been charged with the murder

POLICE SAY PISTORIUS WAS THE ONLY PERSON FOUND AT THE HOUSE AFTER THE SHOOTING.

PISTORIUS' SPOKESWOMAN SAYS HE'S QUOTE-- "ASSISTING THE POLICE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION BUT THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER COMMENT UNTIL MATTERS BECOME CLEARER LATER TODAY."

STOCKS RIGHT NOW-SAT LIVE

AD LIB

STOCKS FALLING TODAY - AS A SLOWDOWN IN EUROPE IS OVERSHADOWING A FLURRY OF MERGERS IN THE U.S.

TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE THE DOW STANDS MIDDAY -

JOBLESS CLAIMS-VO

FEWER AMERICANS FILED FOR THEIR FIRST WEEK OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LAST WEEK.

BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A SIGN THE JOB MARKET IS IMPROVING.

THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS FELL BY 25-THOUSAND LAST WEEK.

ECONOMISTS WERE EXPECTING THE NUMBER TO BE GREATER BUT THE SNOWSTORM IN THE NORTHEAST MAY HAVE HAD AN IMPACT.

NRA TO RESPONT TO PRESIDENT TODAY-VO

NEW WAR MEDAL-VO

HONORING HEROS.

DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY THE PENTAGON IS CREATING A NEW MEDAL -- TO BE AWARDED TO TROOPS IN REMOTE WARFARE.

THIS IS THE DISTINGUISHED WARFARE MEDAL.

THE MEDAL COULD GO TO SERVICE MEMBERS WHO NEVER SET FOOT IN A COMBAT ZONE, BUT LAUNCH DRONE STRIKES OR CYBER ATTACKS THAT CAN KILL OR DISABLE AN ENEMY.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE-VO

OVERALL HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE STABILIZING, WHILE THE PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE CLIMBING.

PRICES WENT DOWN DURING THE RECESSION -- BUT NEW DATA SHOWS THE COSTS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ROSE 3-POINT-6 PERCENT LAST YEAR.

BUDWEISER CLYDESDALES-VO

Fort Myers, Florida February 14th-February 17th 2013- The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales, the symbol of quality and tradition for Anheuser-Busch since 1933, are scheduled to make several appearances in the area from February 14th-February 17th 2013 including one at Sanibel Beach Place Plaza, in conjunction with the Edison Festival of Lights Grand Parade.

The eight-horse hitch will be harnessed and hitched to the famous red beer wagon at Sanibel Beach Plaza on February 14th 2013 from 2pm-5pm. On February 16th 2013, the "Gentle Giants," as they are often referred to, will participate in the Edison Festival of Lights Grand Parade. The Edison Festival of Lights Grand Parade begins at 7pm

The Clydesdales' appearance in Fort Myers, Florida is one of hundreds made annually by the traveling hitches. Canadians of Scottish descent brought the first Clydesdales to America in the mid-1800's. Today, the giant draft horses are used primarily for breeding and show.

Horses chosen for the Budweiser Clydesdale hitch must be at least three years of age, stand approximately 18 hands - or six feet - at the shoulder, weigh an average of 2,000 pounds, must be bay in color, have four white legs, and a blaze of white on the face and black mane and tail. A gentle temperament is very important as hitch horses meet millions of people each year.

A single Clydesdale hitch horse will consume as much as 20-25 quarts of feed, 40-50 pounds of hay and 30 gallons of water per day.

TEASE ONE-2 SHOT

NBC2 HAS NEW INFORMATION ON THE FLORIDA PRISONER, WHO ESCAPED THIS WEEK IN TEXAS.

THAT'S RIGHT - DEPUTIES WERE DRIVING HIM TO LAS VEGAS - WHEN HE STABBED ONE OF THEM, AND TOOK OFF.

NEW AT NOON - THE 9-1-1 CALL, THE OFFICER MADE AFTER THE ATTACK.

ALSO - FIND OUT WHY ASTRONOMERS WILL BE GLUED TO THEIR TELESCOPES AND STARING SKYWARD TOMORROW.

TZ1 A) inmate excape update-VO

TZ1 B) asteroid flyby-VOTOPS

WEATHER-STC

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"Rain chances on the rise"

After a string of days with temperatures in the lower to middle 80s, it looks like our streak of warm and dry weather has come to an end as a cold front continues to push through Southwest Florida.

Moderate to heavy showers that moved in earlier this morning dropped, in some spots, close to 1" of rain. As we progress through the midday and early afternoon hours moisture will continue to stream in off the Gulf of Mexico. Today doesn't look to be a washout by any means, however we will see on and off downpours washing in across Southwest Florida as moisture pools along that frontal boundary. As a result, afternoon highs will warm only into the middle and upper 70s.

Through Friday, the front will remain in the vicinity of Southwest Florida keeping the clouds and showers in the forecast with afternoon highs in the middle 70s.

Forecast models are hinting at some of the cloud cover lingering around for the first part of our Saturday before a stronger push of cooler and drier air scours out the moisture and delivers more sunshine by the afternoon. Chilly air will continue to filter down the state resulting in some colder nights and significantly cooler afternoons. There will be quite the chill in the air by Sunday morning as overnight lows bottom out in the lower 40s here in town with readings in the middle 30s deeper inland. Despite plenty of sunshine by Sunday, temperatures will struggle to get out of the 60s.

FL INMATE ESCAPE UPDATE-NATS VO

DEVELOPING AT NOON, NEW INFORMATION ABOUT AN ESCAPED FLORIDA PRISONER IN TEXAS WHO'S ACCUSED OF STABBING AN OFFICER.

WE HAVE 9-1-1 CALLS THAT THE OFFICER MADE RIGHT AFTER THE ATTACK.

"Okay. Where were you stabbed at?"

"I've been stabbed in the neck."

"Stabbed in the neck."

THE OFFICER AND HIS PARTNER WERE TRANSPORTING ALBERTO MORALES BY CAR TO NEVADA.

HE WAS SERVING TIME AS A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER.

MARKET WATCH-PKG

FL INMATE ESCAPE UPDATE-SOT VO

"What kind of vehicle are you in?"

"In a gray SUV."

"Where's the guy who stabbed you?"

"He ran."

IN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICER AND MORALES STRUGGLE IN THE SUV.

THEY BOTH FALL OUT BEFORE MORALES RUNS OFF.

THE BLOODIED OFFICER THEN WALKS INTO THE STORE.

PARDINAS IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT HE IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER FROM HIS INJURIES.

SCOTT HUMAN TRAFFICKING BUDGET-ONCAM

NBC2 HAS LEARNED - GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT WANTS TO COMMIT ABOUT 4-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF THE STATE BUDGET TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

THE BULK OF THE MONEY WOULD CREATE 30-RAPE CRISIS CENTERS STATEWIDE.

IT WOULD ALSO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO CRIMES OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE.

FL ONLINE LEARNING-ONCAM

EDUCATION LEADERS IN FLORIDA WANT STATE UNIVERSITIES TO TAKE THE LEAD IN EXPANDING ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAMS.

A PLAN ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY IN GAINESVILLE OUTLINES A WAY TO BETTER ORGANIZE ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS.

A BOARD OF GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE WANTS THE PLAN IN PLACE BEFORE FLORIDA POLY-TECHNIC UNIVERSITY OPENS IN THE FALL.

PUBLIX ONLINE COUPONS-OTS

LOVE COUPONS?

PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS ANNOUNCED A NEW ONLINE COUPON SYSTEM THIS WEEK THEY SAY COULD SAVE YOU **MORE MONEY IN SOME CASES, COMPARED TO PAPER COUPONS.

PUBLIX MANAGERS SAY IT'S NOT A REPLACEMENT, JUST A WAY TO GET WITH THE TIMES.

TESTING FOR THE NEW COUPONS STARTED LAST YEAR.

FORECLOSURES-VO

RIGHT NOW AT NOON, WE ARE POURING OVER NEW NUMBERS RELEASED BY REALTY TRAC ABOUT FORECLOSURES.

THEY ARE DOWN 7 PERCENT FROM A

BUT FLORIDA NOW LEADS THE COUNTRY WITH THE MOST PROPERTIES AVAILABLE, FOLLOWED BY NEVADA AND ARIZONA.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE JANUARY 2007 CALIFORNIA DID NOT HAVE THE MOST PROPERTIES ON THE LIST.

DEPENDABLE CARS OF 2013-VO

HIGH MARKS TODAY FOR LEXUS, PORSCHE AND LINCOLN.

THE THREE AUTO MAKERS ARE RANKED THE MOST DEPENDABLE VEHICLES IN A 2013 J.D POWER AND ASSOCIATES SURVEY.

THE SURVEY MEASURES PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST YEAR ON 3-YEAR-OLD VEHICLES.

PROBLEMS CAN INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM ENGINE FAILURE TO DASHBOARD ELECTRONICS GLITCHES.

ASTEROID FLY BY-VO

ASTRONOMERS WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHING THE SKIES TOMORROW - BECAUSE A LARGE ASTEROID IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A VERY CLOSE TRIP PAST EARTH.

THESE ARE NASA RADAR IMAGES OF THE ASTEROID

THE ROCK IS MORE THAN 400 FEET WIDE.

IT'S GOING TO PASS SO CLOSE TO EARTH TOMORROW, IT WILL BE EVEN CLOSER THAN SOME SATELLITES!

NASA IT WILL BE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY *EVER* TO MONITOR A NEAR-MISS BY AN OBJECT SO LARGE, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ASTEROID PATH PREDICTION.

TZ2 A) DORNER-VO

TZ2 B) GUNS FOUND IN CAVE-VOTOPS

TEASE TWO-trx sat 3

SKATING RINK BRAWL-TRX VOTOPS

LOOK AT THIS, SURVEILANCE VIDEO OF A FIGHT BREAKING OUT AT A SKATING RINK IN OREGON.

YOU CAN SEE SECURITY GETTING INTO A FIGHT WITH A LARGE GROUP AT THE FRONT DOOR.

ONE OF THE SECURITY GUARDS WAS HURT IN THE SCUFFLE.

CA GUNS FOUND IN CAVE-VOTOPS

MORE THAN A HUNDRED FIREARMS HIDDEN IN A CAVE!

DEPUTIES FOUND THE ARSENAL IN HUMBOLT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

SOME OF THE GUNS INCLUDED THE A-R-15, THE RIFLE WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT IN GUN CONTROL TALKS.

DEPUTIES ALSO FOUND UNIQUE GUNS, ONLY LEGAL UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE SAWED-OFF SHOTGUNS, AND A *FULLY* AUTOMATIC WORLD WAR 2 MACHINE GUN.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

WE'VE JUST GOTTEN WORD - IT'S GOING TO BE HOURS, BEFORE A CRIPPLED CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP RETURNS TO PORT.

AS NBC2 FOUND OUT - THE SITUATION - HITS CLOSE TO HOME - FOR A CAPE CORAL FAMILY.

THE LATEST, NEXT!

AND NBC2 IS LIVE FOR YOU TODAY - AS LOVERS LOOK TO PLEASE THEIR VALENTINES - EVEN IF IT IS LAST MINUTE.

WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS FOR YOU!

TZ3 A) cape fam waits for cruise-VO

TZ3 B) valentines day preps-VOTOPS

OPEN 12:30-CLIP

RADAR RIGHT NOW-RADAR TOPS

RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN MANY AREAS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

WE CERTAINLY NEED IT, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS TODAY.

FIRST WEATHER-ANIBOX

CAPE FAM WAITS FOR CRUISE-TRX OC SS SOTVO

BREAKING NEWS AT 12-30.

A STRANDED CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP WILL NOT REACH PORT UNTIL LATER TONIGHT.

DEE TUCKER IS A NURSE FROM CAPE CORAL.

SHE'S STUCK ON THE SHIP RIGHT NOW.

AND HER FIANCE IS RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE.

"My mind runs wild about where is she sleeping, is she eating, are other passengers being mean because they're at their wits end, is she getting sick from all of the fecal matter that's laying all over the place."

Joe Eckert PLANNED TO PICK UP TUCKER TUESDAY.

BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED BECAUSE AN ENGINE FIRE CAUSED THE SHIP TO STALL AT SEA.

ONCE THE PASSENGERS LAND TONIGHT,

THEY WILL BE BUSSED TWO HOURS TO NEW ORLEANS.

CAPE FAM WAITS FOR CRUISE-SAT LIVE OR VO

WE JUST MENTIONED THE FIRE IN THE SHIP'S ENGINE ROOM SUNDAY.

FOLKS HAVE BEEN STRANDED AT SEA, WITH LITTLE FOOD, NO ELECTRICITY, OR WORKING RESTROOMS.

TODAY THE MORE THAN 3-THOUSAND PASSENGERS AND A THOUSAND CREW MEMBERS ARE ABOUT TO GET RELIEF.

THE CRIPPLED CARNIVAL CRUISE LINER TRIUMPH, IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE PORT OF MOBILE IN ALABAMA.

ALONG WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, MEDICAL TEAMS WILL ALSO BE WAITING HERE, TO HELP ANY PASSENGERS OR CREW MEMBERS WHO MAY NEED CARE ONCE THEY COME OFF THE SHIP.

PITORIUS SHOOTING-TRX OC VO OC

BREAKING NEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA AT NOON.

POLICE HAVE OPENED A MURDER CASE AGAINST OSCAR PISTORIUS.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIM FROM THE LONDON SUMMER GAMES.

HE'S THE DOUBLE-AMPUTEE KNOWN AS 'BLADE RUNNER'.

POLICE SUSPECT PISTORIUS KILLIED HIS GIRLFRIEND.

PITORIUS SHOOTING-PKG

The details of what precisely took place here in the early hours of this morning South African time are still emerging but what's known is horrifying, and has stunned millions of South Africans.

Oscar Pistorius was arrested early this morning here at his luxury home, we're told that there was a shooting incident.

Now by South African law the authorities are allowed to say very little about what they believe happened.

"The reason he did not appear today is because the police are still busy with preliminary investigations."

Now he is idolized by people across this country, a country that has no shortage of national icons, but he is certainly one of them.

AIRLINE MERGER-TRX ONCAM

BREAKING NEWS TODAY -

AMERICAN AIRLINES AND U-S AIRWAYS ANNOUNCE THEIR LONG- AWAITED

MERGER-- A MASSIVE, 11- BILLION DOLLAR DEAL TO FORM THE WORLD'S LARGEST

AIRLINE.

AIRLINE MERGER-PKG

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THEY'VE BEEN DATING FOR OVER A YEAR -- THIS MORNING A MARRIAGE IS AT HAND.

IT WOULD BE A MEGA MERGERR- COMBINING AMERICAN'S 35-HUNDRED DAILY FLIGHTS,

WITH USAIRWAYS' 3-THOUSAND DEPARTURES - THE NEW AIRLINE WOULD CARRY MORE

THAN 130-MILLION PASSENGERS A YEAR.

SHAW BROWN SOT: THE MERGER ANNOUNCEMENT IS A MIXED BAG FOR CONSUMERS - IN

THE SHORT TERM, VERY LITTLE WILL CHANGE.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES MORE THAN A YEAR TO TRULY MERGE TWO AIRLINES -- IT'S

A COMPLICATED AND MESSY BUSINESS.

AND IN THE LONG-RUN, FOR PASSENGERS, MERGERS REDUCE COMPETITION -- THAT CAN

DRIVE UP FARES.

SHAW BROWN SOT: FORTHE AVERAGE TRAVELER, THE PERSON WHO TRAVELS TWO TO

THREE TIMES A YEAR BY PLANE, A MERGER IS GENERALLY NOT GOOD NEWS, BECAUSE IT

IS GOING TO IMPACT THEIR WALLET

JUST FIVE YEARS AGO THERE WERE SIX MAJOR TRADTIONAL AIRLINES IN THE US --

BUT THEN DELTA HOOKED UP WITH NORTHWEST, UNITED WITH CONTINENTAL, IF

USAIRWAYS AND AMERICAN GET HITCHD, THAT LEAVES JUST THOSE THREE BIG CARRIERS

, AND LOW-COST GIANT SOUTHWEST.

ONE THING PASSENGERS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT -- IS LOSING THEIR COVETED

FREQUENT FLYER MILES AND A COMBINED AIRLINE ALLOWS MORE CHANCES TO RACK UP

N KOREA NUKE RALLY-NATSVO

INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS CONTINUE OVER NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR TEST.

THE RECLUSIVE NATION, NOT BACKING DOWN FROM WHAT IT SEES AS A MAJOR MILESTONE.

TODAY, MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND NORTH KOREANS LINED UP SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN A GOVERNMENT RALLY -- CELEBRATING THE RECENT NUCLEAR TEST.

NORTH KOREA SAID IT SUCCESSFULLY DETONATED A MINIATURIZED NUCLEAR DEVICE AT A NORTH-EASTERN TEST SITE ON TUESDAY.

S KOREA UNVEILS MISSILE-VOTOPS

MEANTIME SOUTH KOREAN LEADERSHIP IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO QUELL FEARS ABOUT THE WEEK'S NU-CLEAR TEST BY THE NORTH.

THAI US MILITARY DRILL-VOTOPS

ALSO WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW -- THE U-S AND THAI MILITARY FORCES HELD A JOINT LAND-WATER DRILL.

IT'S PART OF THE BIGGEST JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE IN ASIA.

MORE THAN 300 U-S AND THAI MILITARY PERSONNEL LANDED ON THE BEACHES.

HELICOPTERS DROPPED EXPLOSIVES AHEAD OF THEM.

RUSSIA SUICIDE BOMB-VOTOPS

AT LEAST 3 POLICE OFFICERS ARE DEAD AND OTHERS ARE INJURED AFTER A SUICIDE ATTACK IN RUSSIA.

NORTHERN RUSSIA IS CURRENTLY FIGHTING AN ISLAMIST INSURGENCY.

THE SUICIDE BOMBER REPORTEDLY DETONATED AS POLICE TRIED TO STOP THE CAR HE WAS IN.

AZ DRUG TUNNELL-TRX VO

LOOK AT THIS.

FEDERAL AGENTS IN ARIZONA SHUT DOWN A CROSS-BORDER DRUG TUNNEL THIS WEEK.

THEY SEIZED MOR THAN 12-HUNDRED POUNDS OF MARIJUANA.

THEY FOUND A VAN OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE FILLED WITH BUNDLES OF MARIJUANA AND TOOK TWO MEN INTO CUSTODY.

EVEN MORE BUNDLES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE TUNNEL.

WINE CORK PORTRAIT-TRX VO

NBC2 GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT OF VALENTINE'S DAY - TAKE A LOOK, A WASHINGTON STATE MAN MADE A UNIQUE GIFT FOR HIS WIFE.

HE CREATED A MOSAIC OF HER -- USING TWO-THOUSAND-862 WINE CORKS.

IT TOOK HIM 36-HOURS.

THE SIDE-BY-SIDE CORKS ARE ORGANIZED BY SHADE. TO CREATE THAT DEFINITION.

VALENTINES DAY PREPS-TRX DBX

WHETHER YOU LOVE IT OR HATE IT, VALENTINES DAY IS A BIG BUSINESS.

NUMBERS THIS YEAR, SHOW GUYS ON AVERAGE WILL SPEND 108 DOLLASR ON THEIR SWEETHEARTS, WHILE LADIES PLAN TO SPEND 53 DOLLARS ON AVERAGE.

VALENTINES DAY PREPS-REM

VALENTINES DAY PREPS-PKG

VALENTINES DAY PREPS-REM

TEASE FOUR-2 SHOT

TZ4 A) asteroid-VO

TZ4 B) medal of honor-VOTOPS

GMA ASTEROID!!!-TRX VOTOPS OC

TAKE A LOOK.

THIS IS THAT ENORMOUS ASTEROID, BARRELING THROUGH OUTER SPACE.

IT WILL PASS OUT PLANET IN AN EXTREMELY CLOSE FLY-BY TOMORROW NIGHT.

SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE.

AND SCIENTISTS ARE WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY.

GMA ASTEROID!!!-PKG

SCRIPT:

Nat of Armageddon movie

"An asteroid

It's the size of texas. oh my god"

It's not *quite* ARMAGEDDON.

BUT IT is *MASSIVE* *FRIGHTENING*. AND GETTING *CLOSER* BY THE HOUR

GRAPHIC

IT'S NAMED DA14 AND IT WEIGHS 130,000 TONS MORE THAN A FULL SIZED CRUISE

SHIP.

IF THAT DOESN'T IMPRESS YOU IT IS HALF THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD AND

ITS WHIZING THROUGH SPACE EIGHT TIMES FASTER THAN A BULLET FIRED FROM A GUN.

THIS ANIMATION MADE BY SCIENTISTS TRACKING DA14 SHOWS IT WILL COME WITHIN

ABOUT 17 THOUSAND MILES OF THE EARTH TOMOROW AN ASTRONOMICALLY CLOSE SHAVE

WORTHY OF STAR WARS

nat of star wars asteroid scene

THE HAIR RAISING TRACK HAS DA14 SLIDING * INSIDE* THE 22 THOUSAND MILE

ORBITS OF COMMUNICATTION SATELITES.

HOLD ON TO YOUR SMART PHONES. ITS A LONG SHOT. BUT SOME EXPERTS SAY A

COLLISION WITH A SATELITE *IS*POSSIBLE.

WHATS ABSOLUTELY *IMPOSSIBLE* A COLLISION WITH EARTH THAT'S *NOT* GOING

TO HAPPEN at least *this* TIME

SOT BILL NYE

" We only know about one percent of these objects.so there's another 99%

of them out there ready to destroy tokyo paris new york oir land in the

middle of the pacific ocean.

MORE ARMEGEDON

NATS

WHILE WE WONT BE BLOWING UP DA 14 SCIENTISTS WILL STUDY THIS NEAR MISS *

VERY* CLOSELY.

SOMEDAY WE WILL BE ON TRACK FOR A DIRECT HIT AND SUPERSCIENCE WILL NEED TO

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"Rain chances on the rise"

After a string of days with temperatures in the lower to middle 80s, it looks like our streak of warm and dry weather has come to an end as a cold front continues to push through Southwest Florida.

Moderate to heavy showers that moved in earlier this morning dropped, in some spots, close to 1" of rain. As we progress through the midday and early afternoon hours moisture will continue to stream in off the Gulf of Mexico. Today doesn't look to be a washout by any means, however we will see on and off downpours washing in across Southwest Florida as moisture pools along that frontal boundary. As a result, afternoon highs will warm only into the middle and upper 70s.

Through Friday, the front will remain in the vicinity of Southwest Florida keeping the clouds and showers in the forecast with afternoon highs in the middle 70s.

Forecast models are hinting at some of the cloud cover lingering around for the first part of our Saturday before a stronger push of cooler and drier air scours out the moisture and delivers more sunshine by the afternoon. Chilly air will continue to filter down the state resulting in some colder nights and significantly cooler afternoons. There will be quite the chill in the air by Sunday morning as overnight lows bottom out in the lower 40s here in town with readings in the middle 30s deeper inland. Despite plenty of sunshine by Sunday, temperatures will struggle to get out of the 60s.

GMA DORNER PKG-TRX ONCAM

NBC2 WITH NEW REVELATIONS NOW ON THE CHRISTOPHER DORNER CASE -- POLICE HAVE

FORMALLY CLOSED THE INVESTIGATION -- AND THE COUPLE HE TOOK HOSTAGE IN THOSE

FINAL HOURS ARE NOW SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

GMA DORNER PKG-PKG

SCRIPT:

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OVERNIGHT THE UNASSUMING COUPLE THE 33-YEAR-OLD FORMER COP HELD HOSTAGE

spoke publicly FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THEIR HARROWING ORDEAL

22:25:30 Cecilia: At the moment that you realized that this was

Christopher Dorner, what went through your mind?

Jim: Though we were dead. Really.

Karen: Yeah.

Jim: Pretty scary.

KAREN AND JIM REYNOLDS SAY THEY CAME FACE TO FACE WITH DORNER WHEN THEY WENT

TO CHECK ONONE OF THEIR SKI LODGE CABINS around noon Tuesday he was holed

up inside

THEY SAY HE WAS HEAVILY ARMED. THAT HE TIED THEIR WRISTS AND ANKLES.

EVEN COVERed THEIR HEADS WITH PILLOW CASES.

FOR 15 MINUTES. THEY LAY ON THE FLOOR OF THEIR CABIN. TERRORIZED

SOT CV 22:49:02 did he talk to you about why he was doing what he was doing

?

22:22:19 Karen: He said I just want to clear my name.

Jim: Quite a few times.

THE COUPLE ONLY MANAGED TO BREAK FREE WHEN DORNER FLED IN THEIR CAR.

THE REYNOLDS' STORY FILLS IN MUCH OF WHAT POLICE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT DORNER'S

WHEREABOUTS AFTER HE CRASHED HIS CAR AND SET IT ABLAZE / one week ago

THEY BELIEVE DORNER MAY HAVE BEEN IN THEIR VACANT CABIN JUST YARDS AWAY FROM

A POLICE COMMAND POST. AT LEAST since last friday

NATS - BURN IT DOWN, BURN IT DOWN

NEW TRACK:

MEANTIME LATE WEDNESDAY POLICE SAID TEAR GAS CANISTERS MAY HAVE STARTED THE

FIRE THEY BELIEVE ULTIMATELY ENGULFED DORNER BUT NOT ON PURPOSE.

we did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get mr.

Dorner out.

THIS MORNING WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF DORNER'S FINAL VICTIM san BERNARDINO

COUNTY SHERIFF''S DEPUTY JEREMIAH MACKAY WAS KILLED IN DORNER'S LAST SHOOT-

OUT WITH POLICE

THE FATHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN TELLING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS earlier this

FL FIREHOUSE SEX SCANDAL-ONCAM

A RACY LOVE STORY DOESN'T END SO WELL FOR THREE MANAGERS AT A POLK COUNTY FIRE STATION.

POLK COUNTY'S FIRE CHIEF WAS FORCED TO FIRE THE TRIO FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN A TRYST ON COUNTY PROPERTY.

FL FIREHOUSE SEX SCANDAL-PKG

/ Polk County, Florida:02

S/ Chief Dave Cash / Polk County Fire Rescue:18 -:23

S/ Josh Thomas / Reporting not on camera

THE SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS. INVOLVING ONE FEMALE EMPLOYEE AND TWO MALE EMPLOYEES HAS SENT SHOCK WAVES THRU POLK COUNTY FIRE RESCUE. NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE MANAGERS. BUT THEY COMMITTED THE ACTS ON COUNTY PROPERTY WHILE ON DUTY.

THREE POLK COUNTY FIRE RESCUE EMPLOYEES ARE OUT OF JOBS.

AFTER AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THEY WERE INVOLVED IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP. WHILE ON THE JOB.

"The investigation did confirm to the satisfaction of management that the Polk County Fire Rescue employees had engaged in consensual sexual activity while on duty and on county property."

THE PROBE REVEALED. BATTALION CHIEF TRAMPAS FLETCHER. AND MEDICAL SUPERVISOR MIKE TOMLINSON. BOTH HAD SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS WITH MEDICAL SUPERVISOR SHELLI KRUAKLIS. AT THE COUNTY'S FIRE OPERATIONS CENTER.

"Of course all of these employees are aware of the standards that we are held to and should be held to.as public servants and part of their job was to enforce those standards among their subordinates."

FL FIREHOUSE SEX SCANDAL-ONCAM

A FOURTH MANAGER, WAS GIVEN A SEVEN-DAY SUSPENSION FOR USING A COUNTY-ISSUED PHONE, TO SEND AND RECEIVE INAPPROPRIATE TEXTS.

MAN SETS FIRE TO HIMSELF AT AIRPORT-TRX VO

POLICE IN ROME ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY A MAN SET HIMSELF ON FIRE TODAY IN A AIRPORT.

THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER IT HAPPENED.

POLICE DOUSED THE FLAMES AND RUSHED THE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.

HE HAD NOT YET PASSED THROUGH SECURITY.

GAGA CANCELS TOUR-VO

HANGING UP THE MIC FOR NOW!

AND FLORIDA FANS AREN'T GOING TO LIKE THIS.

POP STAR LADY-GAGA HAS CANCELLED THE REST OF HER TOUR BECAUSE OF A HIP INJURY.

EARLIER THIS WEEK THE SINGER POSTPONED FOUR TOUR DATES.

BUT BY LAST NIGHT - ALL OF HER PERFORMANCES THROUGH MARCH 20th WERE CANCELED.

THE CANCELLATIONS INCLUDE TAMPA, SUNRISE AND MIAMI DATES, SCHEDULED FOR MID-MARCH.

SEA TURTLE CAUGHT IN FISHING LINE ORLANDO-VO

AN ENDANGERED SEA TURTLE IS BEING TREATED AT SEA WORLD AFTER GETTING TANGLED IN FISHING LINE.

THE TURTLE WAS FOUND NEAR PORT CANAVERAL WITH FISHING LINE WRAPPED AROUND ITS NECK.

OFFICIALS SAID THEY THINK IT MIGHT HAVE SWALLOWED THE FISHING HOOK.

THE ANIMAL WAS FOUND STRANDED ON SOME ROCKS BY A FISHERMAN.

MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT-ONCAM

SERGEANT CLINTON ROMESHA WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR THIS WEEK AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

HE WAS GIVEN THE HIGHEST MILITARY AWARD FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN DURING ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE BATTLES OF THE ENTIRE WAR.

MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT-PKG

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KAMDESH AFGHANISTAN OCTOBER 2009.

53 U.S. SOLDIERS AGAINST NEARLY 400 TALIBAN.

ENEMY FIRE FROM EVERY DIRECTION, 3 U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE 1ST HOUR

those guys held on as long as they could but the overwhelming fire made it almost impossible to do anything but sit there and take it.

STAFF SERGEANT CLINTON ROMESHA TOOK OUT AN ENEMY MACHINE GUN SQUAD BEFORE GRENADE SHRAPNEL BLASTED HIS HIP - ARM AND NECK. BUT HE KEPT ON FIGHTING

i knew i'd been hit, but i could still walk and talk and run so i was still good to go.

THINKING VICTORY WAS THEIRS, THE TALIBAN FIGHTERS ENTERED THE OUTPOST.

they think we're all dead. all right, guys, let's get them for this. let's show them we're still here and we're still kicking.

8 US SOLDIERS WERE KILLED, 22 WOUNDED. ROMESHA LED THE FIREFIGHT TO DRIVE THE TALIBAN OUT. AND RECOVER THE BODIES OF HIS FALLEN COMRADES.

You're not going to beat down that American spirit The will to fight and win. We were going to win that day

THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT OBAMA HONORED ROMESHA'S BRAVERY AWARDING HIM THE MEDAL OF HONOR

Clint, this is our nation's military decoration. It reflects the gratitude of our entire country

AT THE CEREMONY.ROMESHA'S SON COLIN.STOLE THE SHOW. UNAWARE IT SEEMED OF THE LIVES HIS FATHER SAVED AND OF THE MORTAL RISKS HIS FATHER HAD TAKEN - FOR THIS NEARLY 2 YEAR OLD

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

NBC2 HAS BEEN ON TOP OF A STUNNING ANNOUNCEMENT OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA.

POLICE HAVE CHARGED DOUBLE-AMPUTEE OLYMPIAN, OSCAR PISTORIUS, WITH THE MURDER OF HIS SUPERMODEL GIRLFRIEND.

PISTORIUS IS BETTER KNOWN AS THE BLADE RUNNER.

WE'RE FOLLOWING NEW DEVELOPMENTS FIRST AT FOUR - HEAR WHAT *HE'S TELLING POLICE.

PLUS - A DEVELOPING STORY HERE - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CANADIAN TOURISTS.

A BRAND NEW LAW REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE A SPECIAL PERMIT TO DRIVE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE PAPERWORK - CAUSING A LOT OF CONFUSION - AND CALLS INTO OUR NEWSROOM.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW -

FIRST A FOUR.

AND - FOR YOUR VALENTINE'S DAY - WE'RE COOKING UP LOVE POTIONS,

THE TOP SMELLS TO DRIVE YOUR LOVED ONE WILD.

A) oscar pistorius update-TRAFFIC VO

B) canadian drivers permit-VOTOPS

C) love potions-VOTOPS

CAPE FAMILY CRUISE SHIP-TRX SAT LIVE OR VO SS

RECAPPING OUR TOP STORIES AT NOON.

LIVE PICTURES OF THE CARNIVAL CRUSIE SHIP SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD A PORT IN MOBILE ALABAMA.

IT IS A PICTURE OF DEE TUCKER, SHE'S FROM CAPE CORAL AND STUCK ON THE SHIP WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE.

WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HER FINANCE WHO TELLS US HE IS GETTIN UPDATE FROM CARIVAL, BUT HAS ONLY TALKED TO HER ONCE SINCE THIS HAPPENED ON SUNDAY.

HAGEL FILIBUSTER-VOTOPS

NBC2 GETTING WORD OUT OF WASHINGTON THAT REPUBLICANS ARE MOUNTING A FULL-SCALE FILIBUSTER OF CHUCK HAGEL.

HAGEL IS THE SENATE'S PICK FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST FILIBUSTER OF A SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IN THE HISTORY OF THE U-S.

MEDSTAR UPDATE-VOTOPS

IN LEE COUNTY,

WE COULD KNOW BY TUESDAY WHAT COMPANY WILL REPLACE MEDSTAR.

THE EMERGENCY HELICOPTER MEDICAL SERVICE WAS GROUNDED IN AUGUST.

A COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING "AIR METHODS CORPORATION" AS THE FIRST CHOICE.

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

CLOSE-3-SHOT

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